Tag: The English Speaking World

The Bard’s Birthday

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Whether Shakespeare really wrote his plays or they were the product of the Earl of Oxford I would like to take this excuse to heap praise on the man who created so many wonderful words.

Any man who could write:

‘Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.’

and

‘To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.’

and

‘I  am a man more sinned against than sinning.’

deserves great praise from me.  I have gotten great amusement seeing and hearing and reading his works.  They are a treasure for all mankind.

Happy birthday Billy boy.

 

 

Boris Johnson, the Churchill Scholar

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The Fat Man is a big fan of Boris and had sent me some links on him.  I found this one and thought some who are fans of Winston Churchill might enjoy this.

Boris Johnson is not also a politician.  He is a scholar and an author and an amazing orator.  This talk is a lecture about Churchill in support of Johnson’s book on Churchill.